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Los Angeles Times...
Beatles photographer Robert Whitaker dies at 71
October 2, 2011, 11:19 a.m.
LONDON (AP) — Photographer Robert Whitaker, who shot some of the most famous — and infamous — images of The Beatles, has died at the age of 71.
Whitaker's friend, photo archivist Dave Brolan, said he died of cancer Sept. 20 in Sussex, southern England.
Whitaker took scores of well-known pictures of The Beatles, including the controversial "butcher" cover of the 1966 American album "Yesterday and Today."
The image of the Fab Four in white coats surrounded by decapitated dolls and slabs of raw meat proved too strong for record company Capitol, which ordered the cover withdrawn soon after the album's release.
The record was rereleased with an inoffensive picture of the band sitting on a steamer trunk. Originals are coveted by collectors and can sell for thousands of dollars.
Whitaker — a fan of surrealism — later said the image was a meditation on fame and an attempt to shake up the band's image, inspired by a dream "about The Beatles being ripped to shreds by all these young girls when they came out of a stadium."
Born in Harpenden, southern England in 1939, Whitaker emigrated to Australia in his early 20s and was working as a photographer in Melbourne when The Beatles visited the country in 1964. He was assigned to photograph manager Brian Epstein for the Jewish News; Epstein was so impressed with the resulting image of himself adorned with peacock feathers that he offered Whitaker a job as staff photographer for his company, NEMS.
The job involved photographing "Merseybeat" acts including Cilla Black and Gerry & The Pacemakers, as well as capturing The Beatles — onstage, backstage, in planes and hotel rooms and all manner of locations — over more than two years. He covered the band's final world tour in 1966 and took the pictures used on the collage-style cover of the "Revolver" album.
After parting company with The Beatles, Whitaker photographed Mick Jagger on the sets of the films "Performance " and "Ned Kelly," helped create the psychedelic cover for Cream's "Disraeli Gears" album and worked on the influential underground magazine Oz.
Increasingly wary of being pigeonholed as a "pop" photographer, Whitaker moved into news, covering the Vietnam War and other conflicts for publications including Time and Life. He also spent time photographing his artistic hero, Salvador Dali.
In the 1970s he moved to the English countryside, where he farmed and raised cattle.
Whitaker compiled several books of his Beatles photographs, including "The Unseen Beatles" and "Eight Days a Week."
He is survived by his wife, Sue, and three children. Funeral details were not immediately available.
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On Tuesday, July 21, 2011 The Life Group LA announced their entertainment lineup for for the 6th Annual Saddle up LA, AIDS Benefit Horseback Trail Ride, and Country BBQ to be held Saturday, July 9, 2011 from 4:30 pm to 7:30 pm. at the Diamond Bar Riding Stables 1840 Riverside Dr Glendale CA 91201 and then the Country BBQ at the Pickwick Gardens Banquet Center at 1001 West Riverside Dr., Burbank, CA 91506 from 7:30 pm to 11:45 pm.On Tuesday, July 21, 2011 The Life Group LA announced their entertainment lineup for... more
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Lizzy Jagger, hija de Mick Jagger con la ex modelo Jerry Hall, está en la portada de la edición de junio de la revista ‘Playboy’.Lizzy Jagger, hija de Mick Jagger con la ex modelo Jerry Hall, está en la... more
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This week in randomness: condom disappearences, man eats baby, an airlines passenger mutiny, cock stabs man, mayor Harry Baals, Clap Off-Bra, plastic rice, transexual flight attendants, and Mick Jagger's dick.This week in randomness: condom disappearences, man eats baby, an airlines passenger... more
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On the evening of Monday 7th February, I attended the Chateau Marmont in celebration of the Academy nomination for The King’s Speech. Their names included Quentin Tarantino, Amanda Seyfried, Renee Zellweger, Mick Jagger, Ridley Scott and Gerard Butler.On the evening of Monday 7th February, I attended the Chateau Marmont in celebration... more
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This Maison Martin Margiela number looks like Phyllis Diller had been run over by a bulldozer.
Spring is in the air. Well…maybe not the weather part but surely the Spring Couture Collections are in full regalia in Paris. Did you ever stop to wonder what you would do if you were a real lady who lunches and had the resources (and the old, fat, rich husband) to be one of those lucky few who can afford to buy couture each season? Ode to the good life. Winters in Gstaad, Christmas in Martinique with Mick Jagger and L’Wren Scott, pied-à-terres in Paris AND New York, villas in Bel-Air AND Lake Como next door to George Clooney. What to wear…what to wear. Surely I would be front row at the Couture Collections in Paris, sitting next to Catherine Deneuve and Tavi Gevinson??? I would start at Christian Dior, make my way to Armani Privé and end the week at Chanel. But here’s my question. Who in the small circle of women actually attend–or buy for that matter–couture from Maison Martin Margiela or Alexandre Vauthier. So, OK, this season Vauthier had a few good dresses but would you buy one? I say no.
Read more: http://imeanwhat.com/youcallthisfashion/couture-not-so-sure#ixzz1C4PjgStcThis Maison Martin Margiela number looks like Phyllis Diller had been run over by a... more
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24 October 2010 Co-founder of the Rolling Stones Keith Richards (Capt Jack Sparrow for the kiddies on LL) has described how he first got into drugs to help him deal with the pressures of touring24 October 2010 Co-founder of the Rolling Stones Keith Richards (Capt Jack Sparrow for... more
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Exclusive: Rock 'N Roll Treasure Revealed
By TARA WALLIS-FINESTONE
Updated 8:12 AM PDT, Mon, Sep 13, 2010
The British invasion. The Beatles and the Rolling Stones: Their music, their fashion and their swagger. Rock 'n roll's first super groups took America by storm in the 1960s, changing the cultural landscape of American youth.
Now almost 50 years later, like a mirage emerging from a desert oasis, a Southern California woman has answers to questions that rock 'n roll's fans asked for decades.
"I was just in awe of all these beautiful people," said Patti Daley, 64. "They were just our friends, it was amazing."
The answers lie within boxes that Daley has stored for decades underneath her bed, in her home two hours east of Los Angeles.
Inside the boxes are a treasure trove of old photo albums full of rare Polaroids of icons in rock, plus John Lennon lyrics, and letters and cards from members of the Beatles. These are items the public has never seen, until now.
Perhaps the rarest set of photos she owns are two Polaroids of Paul McCartney playing piano inside Lennon's beach house in 1974. It was their first meeting since the Beatles breakup in 1970.
"It's incredible, incredible, a lot of these things are things we've only read about," said Chris Carter, host of the nationally syndicated radio program "Breakfast with The Beatles."
"I saw a picture of Mickey Dolenz climbing up a hill, a picture of Keith Moon on a shag carpet," added Carter. "You know these are rock icons and these pictures no one has ever seen. And they are not published in 25 Beatles books. These are really first time viewings for these pictures."
Amazingly, Patti's treasure includes more than just photos. She also has handwritten cards from George Harrison and John Lennon, plus personal notes from now legendary recording sessions, all signed by the musicians who were there. But the potential motherload are several song lyrics from Lennon's "Walls and Bridges" recording sessions, including what is believed to be his hand-written lyrics to his only number one song "Whatever Gets You Through the Night."
"I came to acquire those after sessions," Daley remembered. "John would come in and put the lyrics on a podium. And he would just leave them there for me to pick up."
Daley also has a copy of a letter John Lennon sent to record executives in 1976. Although it might not be worth a lot of money to collectors, it's significant historically.
In the letter, Lennon was angry with Capitol Records about the cover art selected for the Beatles' first greatest hits album "Rock 'N Roll Beatles." Among other things, an animated Lennon accuses the record executives of trying to ruin the image of the Beatles.
Daley was the ultimate rock 'n roll insider. She said the love of her life was a well-known session guitarist named Jesse Ed Davis, a man many consider one of the greatest unsung guitar heroes in rock 'n roll.
"He was the most subtle, tasty guitar player when rock and roll was really happening," said Daley. "Everyone loved his playing and sought after him to play on their records."
Legends like all the Beatles, members of the Rolling Stones, Rod Stewart and the Faces, Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton and more all enlisted Davis' skills on his trademark Fender Telecaster.
Daley said, "I still hear him on the radio, I listen to the old stations, it makes my heart smile."
For more than a decade, she toured the world with Jesse and her young son Billy, not only baring witness to, but also documenting, what is now a legendary time in pop culture.
A mother armed with a Polaroid camera, Patti took candid, one-of-a-kind pictures of icons in rock.
"I just kept my Polaroid camera on me all the time in my purse, and when I'd see a good shot, I'd take them candidly," said Daley.
The photos are incredible: From a young Mick Jagger and Charlie Watts in the early 1970s, to several shots of a care free Ronnie Woods before he joined the Stones, to a series of Beatles photos after the breakup -- many taken during John Lennon's "Lost Weekend."
In 1973, Lennon separated from his wife Yoko Ono and began an 18-month relationship with his secretary May Pang. It was a relationship that Yoko reportedly initiated. And the couple spent quite a bit of time at a rented beach house in Santa Monica. Lennon later referred to this time as his "Lost Weekend."
"It's always desirable to have material from somebody who was part of an inner circle, somebody who was really a witness to history," said Dr. Catherine Williamson, director of Books and Manuscripts at Bonhams & Butterfields auction house in Los Angeles.
Williamson said, if authenticated, Daley's treasure could be highly desirable not only to collectors, but also potentially to museums.
As for Daley, she is not sure what she will do with her treasure. She admits, though, that it was an incredible time in her life, and now she wants to share it with the world.
She said, "I feel very privileged to have met the people I have met and heard the music I have heard."
Editor's Note: NBCLA will have a series of reports this week on this "Rock-N-Roll Treasure." On Monday, we bring you more never-before-seen photos from John Lennon's Lost Weekend. Plus, what Patti Daley remembers about that day in 1974 when Paul McCartney and John Lennon first got together again to play music.
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It is reported Mick Jagger is cursed (no word on if Keith Richards has set a piratey curse on him) it is stated at nearly every game he attends the team he supported got knocked out, USA, England and Brazil. This made fans of some teams asking on twitter for Mick to support their rivals at the next game.
Though if the curse story isn't enough, Buzzfeed supplies a fantastically gigglesome collection of the best Mick Jagger faces snapped during the world cup. It is very hard to pick the best one, but I love 10 for what words were about to be uttered by the Jagger king.It is reported Mick Jagger is cursed (no word on if Keith Richards has set a piratey... more
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Mick Jagger is seen in the stands at the England World Cup second-round match against Germany where he signed some autographs.
Kim Kardashian grabs a healthy drinks after hitting the gym in Los Angeles.
Lindsay Lohan arrives at L.A Memorial Coliseum in downtown for the Electric Daisy Carnival party (I have no idea what that is but it sounds like flowers come to life or something)
Alyson Hannigan shares some mommy and baby time with her sweet dumpling Satyana Marie Denisof at Malibu Beach.
Click on thumbnails to enlargeMick Jagger is seen in the stands at the England World Cup second-round match against... more
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http://www.ineedmyfix.com/2010/05/21/emily-blunt-glows-amfars-cinema-against-aids-gala-photos/
While fiancé John Krasinski is in the States, Emily Blunt looked fresh and lovely in red as she attended yesterday’s AmfAR’s Cinema Against AIDS Gala at the Gala Hotel du Cap in Antibe, France.
It was a star-studded affair where it seems like most of Hollywood is in France for the Cannes Film Festival and all the surrounding parties and events including Mr. Gerard Butler (he was also at another event..the post is coming ladies and gentlemen)http://www.ineedmyfix.com/2010/05/21/emily-blunt-glows-amfars-cinema-against-aids-gala-... more
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Guy Hepner is pleased to present a selection of original works by Andy Warhol, Damien Hirst, UltraVelvet, Jason Alper and Russell Young now on view at 300 North Robertson in West Hollywood. http://guyhepner.com/pages/news/now-on-view-may-2010Guy Hepner is pleased to present a selection of original works by Andy Warhol, Damien... more
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The 66 year-old British rock star, who was convicted of possessing narcotics in the 1960s, suggested a trial scheme should be carried out on the island “to see what happens”.
In an interview on American television, Sir Mick urged officials to legalise cannabis only on the island, and only for a limited time, to test whether such a ban would work.
“The whole question of legalising drugs is fraught,” Sir Mick told the Larry King Live show on CNN.
“You usually try these things out in very small places. You know, like you try a new product out in a small kind of society or an island somewhere.
"In England they always try out new mobile phones in the Isle of Man. They've got a captive society. So I said, you should try – you should try the legalisation of all drugs on the Isle of Man and see what happens."
Sir Mick, who is now known for his fitness rather than recreational drug use, insisted his proposal would help prevent violent crime that is normally associated with narcotics trade.
He said young people would always experiment with substances despite the obvious negative side effects.
"Human beings seem to have a propensity to want to take drugs in some form.
“It seems to be the propensity of human beings to want to use them. I think you have to take that as read, you know.
"But then what do you do when it affects so many people's lives, and not in a good way? And then also you get a lot of violence at both ends of the scope. So you get violence in some countries."
"That's the part that speaks to some sort of legalisation. Because that, you would hope, would help the violence from both ends of the supply line."
Sir Mick admitted his amphetamine conviction in 1967, quashed later on appeal, still caused him problems when travelling through America.
Sir Mick this week attended the Cannes Film Festival for a special screening of Stones in Exile, a documentary about the making of the Rolling Stones 1972 album Exile on Main Street.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/celebritynews/7743788/Sir-Mick-Jagger-Rolling-Stone-calls-for-marijuana-to-be-legalised-on-Isle-of-Man.htmlThe 66 year-old British rock star, who was convicted of possessing narcotics in the... more
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Vashtie Kola, or simply known as Va$htie, caught our attention with her charming visual representation of Kanye West’s mixtape single, ” U.S Placers”. This director/cinematographer has put her creative stamp on projects ranging from music videos to commercials, her videography highlights her versatility as a creative, Beans- “Papercut” CRS- “U.S Placers”, Justin Bieber- “One Time”, Yung La- “Futuristic Love” , Jadakiss- “Letter to B.I.G.”, Slim featuring Ryan Leslie & Fabolous – “Good Lovin”, and Solange – “T.O.N.Y.” just to name a few.Vashtie Kola, or simply known as Va$htie, caught our attention with her charming... more
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Funk and R&B singer Betty Davis was influenced by close friends like Jimi Hendrix and her ex-husband, jazz legend Miles Davis. In 1975, visionary music mogul Chris Blackwell signed her to his Island Records label, which released her groundbreaking album Nasty Gal; it's just been reissued on CD.
Davis' sexy growl conjures images of her the way she looked onstage in the '70s — thigh-high silver boots, hot pants, massive afro. Davis was Sly Stone, Mick Jagger and The Jimi Hendrix Experience all rolled into one woman. Sly Stone bassist Larry Graham once said that, although Davis didn't play anything, her mind, body and spirit were her instruments. In this album's title track, you can hear that her singing doesn't just represent a voice; it's a supernatural force she's using to break social conventions, push funk to the extreme and propel herself as an artist.Funk and R&B singer Betty Davis was influenced by close friends like Jimi Hendrix... more
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A piece of correspondence from Mick Jagger, to Andy Warhol, enrolling his services for the development of an album cover.
Awesome.A piece of correspondence from Mick Jagger, to Andy Warhol, enrolling his services for... more
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Ben Affleck and Mick Jagger teamed up on Wednesday to launch a short film called "Gimme Shelter" drawing attention to the plight of Congolese families driven from their homes by a decade of war.
Oscar winner and actor Affleck, who has traveled to central Africa four times since 2007, directed the film which was shot in North Kivu in Congo last month to help raise $23 million for the work of the U.N. refugee agency in Congo.Ben Affleck and Mick Jagger teamed up on Wednesday to launch a short film called... more
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